Sources - First wave of 2024 NBA draft green room invites sent - ESPN

Twelve players have received invitations to attend the 2024 NBA draft and sit in the green room, sources told ESPN.

Zaccharie Risacher, Alex Sarr, Donovan Clingan, Reed Sheppard, Matas Buzelis, Stephon Castle, Dalton Knecht, Tidjane Salaun, Ron Holland, Cody Williams, Devin Carter and Ja'Kobe Walter received the first batch of 12 invites sent out Tuesday.

Another 11-12 invites are expected to be sent out in waves starting next week, a source told ESPN.

The green room is a staging area in front of the NBA draft podium where players, families and agents await commissioner Adam Silver to call a player's name upon selection.

This year, players will be allowed to invite six people to sit with them at their individual tables, down from 10 last year.

The process of deciding who to invite to the NBA draft involves communication with presidents or general managers of teams with first-round selections. Teams are asked to vote on the top 25 players they expect to be drafted first. This is to ensure players aren't sitting for very long before a national television audience.

Receiving an invitation is considered a positive sign for a player's draft stock, although there have been instances in the past of prospects falling to the second round while sitting in the green room — such as Bol Bol, Deyonta Davis, Nic Claxton, Maciej Lampe, Rashard Lewis and others.

The NBA draft will be conducted over two days for the first time. The first round is June 26 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, while the second round will be held June 27 at ESPN's studio in lower Manhattan. For that reason, there may be additional scrutiny over the final players invited to the green room, so as to avoid a scenario where an invited player and their family needs to